Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode via @grist

Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode | Grist

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Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode via @grist

A screen shot from an ABC news report about the probem (click to watch the video). It is said that nature abhors a vacuum. Well, according to this report from the Minnesota Daily , nature also abhors factory farms. Large midwestern hog farms have for the last few years been battling a mysterious foam that is forming on top of their barns. In the worst case scenarios, the foam blocks ventilation ducts and the barns explode — yes, explode — killing the thousands of hogs inside. The article reads: The foam traps gases like methane and when a spark ignites it causes an explosion. About a half dozen barns in the Midwest have exploded since the foam was discovered in 2009. In mid-September 2011, a barn in Iowa was added to the growing number of barns taken down by the foam. In the explosion, 1,500 pigs were lost, and one worker was injured. The cause of the foam is still unknown...

Full article: http://grist.org/factory-farms/sht-happens-mysterious-man...

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@Douglas_Main » 23 Feb '12, 7pm
Shit happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode. By @tlaskawy @grist [link] (missed fr/ 2 wks ago)
@RiverCityOtter » 22 Feb '12, 8pm
RT @mia_matsumiya: Mysterious, multiplying manure foam causing pig farms to explode! [link]
@mia_matsumiya » 22 Feb '12, 8pm
Mysterious, multiplying manure foam causing pig farms to explode! [link]
@spacetimeltd » 21 Feb '12, 9pm
Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode [link] via @grist #ows #OccupyKarma
@CaptiveEddies » 18 Feb '12, 6pm
O.o [link]
@CentralCityCoop » 18 Feb '12, 5pm
Need another reason to eat locally raised, pastured meats instead of factory farmed ones? If you choose to eat... [link]
@SlowMoney » 18 Feb '12, 5pm
Can you imagine being the farmer that was talked into investing in a factory feedlot? [link]
@vanlenning » 15 Feb '12, 10pm
what if these were dogs, not hogs? Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode [link] via @grist
@XclusivelyAp » 15 Feb '12, 5am
"@JeffreySumber: Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode [link] via @grist" #strange
@RawMilkColorado » 15 Feb '12, 2am
Oh My! [link]
@jeremybrooks » 15 Feb '12, 1am
That is an odd headline. “@sejorg: Manure Foam Causes Pig Farms To Explode -- Thank you Tom Laskawy/Grist [link]”
@aarieff » 15 Feb '12, 1am
RT @sejorg: Manure Foam Causes Pig Farms To Explode -- Thank you Tom Laskawy/Grist [link]
@Reschzoo » 15 Feb '12, 12am
Pig farms exploding due to an overload of manure - Limbaugh & Christie are aghast! [link]
@sejorg » 14 Feb '12, 11pm
Manure Foam Causes Pig Farms To Explode -- Thank you Tom Laskawy/Grist [link]
@utopia333 » 14 Feb '12, 5pm
Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode [link] via @grist #pig #manure #hazard #farms
@ConBGone » 14 Feb '12, 4pm
#cdnpoli Here's a PSA for the CPC Caucus: MT @grist Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode [link]
@KarenMessier » 14 Feb '12, 4pm
RT @EdNDeb4858: Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode [link] via @grist
@luckycat76 » 14 Feb '12, 5am
Maybe Chipotle is onto something. Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode | Grist [link]
@aaronecook » 14 Feb '12, 2am
OMG! SO YUMMY!“@KQEDscience: RT @grist: Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode: [link]”
@StandUpNSpit » 14 Feb '12, 12am
Manure foam causing #factoryfarms to explode: [link] WAT??!? (click pictures for video)
@Michal_Rose » 13 Feb '12, 9pm
Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode, maybe caused by feeding pigs ethanol waste! [link] @grist
@MurderHorse » 13 Feb '12, 6pm
Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode: [link] via @grist #BaconBlues #IncendiaryFoam
@goteamgreengo » 13 Feb '12, 5pm
watch out for the poop cloud. #veg #vegan #pig... [link]
@_Mimosa_Pudica » 13 Feb '12, 4pm
Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode. Score one for the pigs... kind of. [link]
@kyandranoble » 13 Feb '12, 9am
annnnnnnd this is why i'm a vegetarian: Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode [link] via @grist
@Commodeskcom » 13 Feb '12, 8am
Explosion dans des procheries US (Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode) [link]
@ciboprossimo » 13 Feb '12, 7am
nemesi colpisce i grandi allevamenti di suini: si forma una misteriosa schiuma di letame che ha già causato... [link]
@drawmedy » 13 Feb '12, 2am
Oh man and speaking of... what the hell?? RT @grist Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode: [link]
@GreenFoodGal » 13 Feb '12, 1am
Have you heard about the exploding pig barns in Minnesota? Another unintended consequence of factory farming. [link]
@TuckRobinson » 13 Feb '12, 12am
Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode: [link] Think of this the next time you buy bacon at the grocery store
@jobsearchtidbts » 13 Feb '12, 12am
Maybe it's aliens....Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode [link] via @grist
@grist » 13 Feb '12, 12am
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@tajdum » 12 Feb '12, 2pm
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@GooseChaserFarm » 12 Feb '12, 3am
hm...maybe we should stop raising pigs like that, buying pigs from operations like that and find a good local... [link]
@GooseChaserFarm » 12 Feb '12, 3am
when will people learn that raising 1500 pigs (or more) together in an enclosure is unnatural and unhealthy.... [link]
@tcausby » 12 Feb '12, 1am
RT @ShadyCreekFarm: Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode [link] via @grist
@modernhippeh » 11 Feb '12, 5pm
RT@grist: "Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode: [link]" We eat bacon from pigs that fart foam?!
@gpolitica » 11 Feb '12, 7am
RT @paulwallbank: The strange case of the exploding pig farms [link]
@RelUnrelated » 11 Feb '12, 6am
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@tiffanybaldwin1 » 11 Feb '12, 1am
YUCK! Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode [link]
@NaturalistBent » 11 Feb '12, 12am
fer fffcks sake! Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode [link] via @grist
@teknoduke » 10 Feb '12, 11pm
RT @Cigburn: Sigan jodiendo con la naturaleza: Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode [link]
@Cigburn » 10 Feb '12, 11pm
Sigan jodiendo con la naturaleza: Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode [link]
@SAI3084 » 10 Feb '12, 10pm
RT-"@caiaphas: Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’causes pig farms to explode | Grist [link]" WOW! Swine...SMH
@josefuents » 10 Feb '12, 10pm
yet another clear reason not to consume meat in the usa [link]
@HoosierJonFord » 10 Feb '12, 9pm
wow, we sure like to create weird bacteria with our food. Mysterious manure foam causes pig #CAFO 's to explode [link]
@awrymag » 10 Feb '12, 9pm
Exploding manure foam. Yum. “@tlaskawy: Sure it smells bad, but I hear it leaves hair lustrous and with great body! [link]”
@thegardendude » 10 Feb '12, 9pm
Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes pig farms to explode - [link] [Yet another reason to #eatlocal, #organic]
@tlaskawy » 10 Feb '12, 9pm
Why all the fuss over manure foam? Sure it smells bad, but I hear it leaves hair lustrous and with great body! [link]
@asz » 10 Feb '12, 9pm
From the can't-make-this-up dpt.: "Mysterious manure foam causes pig farms to explode" [link] /via @pickover